LIFEnews November 2013

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November 2013

Soil protection: better policy through LIFE results LIFE projects have produced technically and economically viable results that help in the implementation of European Union (EU) policy, demonstrating the need for the approval of the proposed Soil Framework Directive (COM(2006) 232). Read more >>

ANNOUNCEMENTS 08 November New study assesses LIFE's impact on soil 12 November New publication out! Best LIFE-Nature Projects 2012 13 November WALPHY river restoration project holds final conference 14 November LIFE+ project awarded Spanish sustainability prize 25 November New LIFE programme budget gets green light from Parliament

27 November New publication out! The Best LIFEEnvironment Projects 2012

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PROJECT SUMMARIES Read the latest project summaries

LIFE and soil

Featured Video

Thomas Strassburger, Policy Officer of

This video shows how coastal dune

the Agriculture, Forest and Soil Unit of

habitats with Juniperus species are

the European Commission's (EC)

created and features the LIFE Nature

Directorate-General for the

project 'JUNICOAST - Actions for the

Environment, talks about LIFE's

conservation of coastal dunes with

contribution to soil and the need for

Juniperus spp. in Crete and the South

legislation.

Aegean (Greece)' (LIFE07

Read more >>

NAT/GR/000296).

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

KH-AX-13-010-EN-N ISSN: 1725-1877

09 /12

UK and Ireland LIFE Platform Meeting

London, UK

10 /12

LIFE+ 3water final conference features strong EC representation

Brussels, Belgium

12 /12

LIFE CONOPS workshop

Athens, Greece

12 /12

LIFE project holds its first workshop on integrated coastal area management

Livorno, Italy

19/12

LIFE MHybus final conference to highlight potential of new fuel

Bologna, Italy

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